[EternalVigilance]

My point about sales taxes and VATs is that they always go up over time. Always. Started out low in Europe and climbed and climbed. Politicians love these taxes because they are so very close to the revenue faucet.

VATs suck even worse than income taxes. Why? Because they are even more hidden. No sane conservative would give an ounce of support to one.

At least with the National RETAIL Sales Tax, EVERYTHING would be out in the open.

With just this one tax, ALL Americans would then be united in one interest: lowering the rate. It would be the only tax debate left out on the political table.

This is the only way to create a political climate that is conducive to putting the fed guv back within its constitutional limits.

Visibility is the key.

[gipper81]

"Visibility is the key" - maybe the key to you, but implicit in your argument is trusting the politicians to do the right thing tax-wise. I'm simply not going to take that step.

Count me as a supply-sider in favor of a flat tax as low as possible, with no capital gains taxes and no taxes on dividends.